Improvement in canes and umbrellas combined



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VT. HARR-IS & A.: KINDERMANN Cane and Umbrella Combined. No. l68,092. FIGJ.

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IMRRovEMENT rN cvANlEsy AND UMBRELLAS comiencen.

specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 168,092. dated september 28, 1815 applicaties med To all whom itmafdoacem: v i. Be it kno 1 ,fitlhat we, THEoDoRE HARRIS and AUGUSTV KINDEEMANN, of Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of Ohio, hareeiliyenteda Vcertain new and :Improved Gane and Umbrella Combined; and we -do hereby declarelthat the following is a full, clear, and complete description thereof, referj ence being had to the accompanying drawings making a part of the same.

l Figure l is. a view of the cane and umbrella when used as .a cane. Fig. 2 is a View of the umbrella detached. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of Fig. l. Figs. 4,5, and 7 are detached sections. Fig. 6 is a viewof the cane sections, A and B, which are connected to each other by a ferrule, G, fixed to section B of the cane, into which the end of section A is inserted, and secured by a pin, a, projecting from the side of section A, and slipped into a trailsverse slot, b, made in the ferrule, as will be seen in Figs. l and 6. Section A is a metal tube, whereas section B is of wood, having a hole bored into it, as shown in Fig. 3. To the end of section B is secured a head, D, Fig. 3, a detached view of which is shown in Fig. 4. Said head is inclosed by the ferrule C, between which and the head' the end of section A is received when the two sections are conneoted'to each other, as will be seen in Fig. 3. Through the center of the head is made a hole, c, Fig. 4, in two opposite sides of which is out a slot, d. The hole at the outer end of ,thev head is milled out, so as to form a bell-shaped mouth or opening to the hole c, as shown in said Fig. 3. At the end of thehole bored in section B of the cane is a metal block, E, having a slotted hole therein, as in the head D, the purpose of which will hereinafter be shown.

Having described the cane, (the rst part of the invention,) theA second part (the umbrella) August 4', 1875.

ordinary one.

notches the ends of the ribs are inserted, as will be seen in the drawingsp Said rod is just long enough to reach to the end of the tubular handle, where it terminates in' two spring; catches, an, Fig. 5, one on each side of the rod.

,Said catches are. forced apart by apiece of rubber, a2,'inserted between them, so that on pushing the rod to the end of the handle the catches will project through `the end thereof, and spring out laterally beyond the sides of the hole, as will be seen in Figs. 5 and 7, thereby preventing the rod frombeing pulled from `out the handle, unless the catches are pressed vtogether by the pintles fj.

The rod is pre vented lfrom passing too far in the handle by the head G', to whichr the ribsare attached, as

aforesaid. H is a sliding collar, to which the braces I of the ribs are Asecured in the same way as are the ends of the ribs attached to the head G' referred to. Said collar slides on the tubular handle.' sist of wire, in one end of which is turned an eye, e, to which to secure the covering, (not shown,) it being like that of an ordinary umbrella, and put on in the same way; also, in each rib is turned an eye, f, to which to fasten the ends of the braces, which have a hook turned thereon, whereby to hook them into the eyes of the ribs, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6.

rlhe practical operation of the above-described invention is as follows: Fig. 2 represents the umbrella as shut up, as would be an in the tubular section A of the cane, as will be seen in Fig. 3. Section B is then attached to section A in the manner as above said, thereby inclosing the article entirely within the cane, as shown in said Fig. 3, an outside View of which is shown in Fig. l, which represents a walking-cane having the umbrella within. In

order to convert the cane into an umbrella, or a part thereof, the two sections A and Bare disjointed, and the umbrella withdrawn and spread open. The tubular handle F is then To one end of said The ribs of the umbrella con- In this condition it is inserted inserted in the smaller end of thev cane, and pushed therein until the end h of Vthe handle enters the opening or mouth of the head D, and through the hole c, in which it closely tits. The handle is then turned partially around, so as to bring the ears i i, Fig. 2,011 the sides of the handle, across the edge of the hole, which will prevent it from being pulled out, as shown in Fig. 7. The slots d,y Fig. 44 iny the lsides of the hole allo'viv the ears to pass through, for the purpose specified. The umbrella thus secured in section A of the cane lis shown in Fig. 6.

Section Bis then attached to sectiii A, as

above described, thereby completing a handle for carrying the umbrella, as will be seen .in said Fig. 6. The vend oi' the cane holdsthe @911MB up', thereby keeping the hmbfeua spread; as lshown in the drawing, and vvhen not needed it can be detached from the cane and inserted therein, in the 'ni'aniiei above described.;y or, should it be` desirable simply to chase the umbrella',as win Ahe seth in Eig. s, while it is being retained ih the cane', as shvfvn ih Fig. e, it can he done by pressihg withy the thumb and fo`reiingggbrl upon the piiitles f'f'; thereby forcing. together the hatches 'n @so that the rod can be pulled out fro'r'rrthe han- (ne, thus extending the fou above the hah-(ne, which fwill allow the closingf the. umbrella about the extended rbi] 'and section A f the cane, hsshhwh ih Fig. s. I l p It Will be 'observed Ithatl O'n the sides of the IOd F', near the end to which thel ribs are attache'd, there are two ears, nl hl, Fig. 2,- the purpose of which is to prevent the 'umbrella from turning Aar'c'nid-vvi'thin thefcan'e., The ears, as will be 'seen are lodged iii corresponding notches made the sides 'of the hele in the end of lthe cane. The ears also hol'd the rod F in they right positionv for the ear's i i at the 'other 'el'ld t enter the Slots d in the 'Sides of the lhole o of the head D, and in `which' positionI the pine Will be in line for entering the slot b', thus forming guides for coupling together the several parts of the cane Iand umbrella, to facilitate the act of replacing the same in thev cane.

In order to make the connection of the sec- 4tions A B and the umbrella when inclosed therein the more secure, the ears/li at one end of the handle are so arranged, in respect to the ears nl fn at the other end, that while the ears nl nl are in the slots in the sides of the hole in the end ofthe cane the ears 'i 'i will be across the lower edge of the hole in the block E in section B of the cane, as will be seen in Fig. 5, thereby strengthening the connection of the two sections, as above said.

What We claiin as our invention, and desire to 4secure ,by Letters Patent, is-

1. The handle B oi' the cane, hereinV described, provided with a slotted ferrule, C, head D, havin g a slot, 'c d d, therein, with a bell-mouth opening, in combination with section A thereof and pin a, substantially as set forth, and for the purpose specified.

2. In combination with the cane constructed as herein described, the umbrella consisting of the tubular handleF, rod F', ears t' t' and nl fn), ribs G, braces I, head G', and collar H, in the manner substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The pihtles f f', in combination with the rod Fl and eatch'es n n, in the manner substantially as "described, and for the purpose yspeciiied. v

THEODORE HARRIS. AUGUST KINDERMANN.

Witnesses:

W. H. BURRIDGE, A. F. CORNELL. 

